Respect: The Very Best of Aretha Franklin

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Respect
  2:24
  3.9 ★
• 2
  Think
  2:16
  3.6 ★
• 3
  Spanish Harlem
  3:29
  2.0 ★
• 4
  (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
  2:44
  4.2 ★
• 5
  I Say a Little Prayer
  3:32
  4.4 ★
• 6
  Son of a Preacher Man
  3:16
  4.5 ★
• 7
  I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
  2:49
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Chain of Fools
  2:46
  4.2 ★
• 9
  Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)
  2:58
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Angel
  4:27
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Border Song (Holy Moses)
  3:19
• 12
  Rock Steady
  3:11
  3.8 ★
• 13
  See Saw
  2:43
  3.5 ★
• 14
  The House That Jack Built
  2:18
  5.0 ★
• 15
  Oh No Not My Baby
  2:50
  4.0 ★
• 16
  Until You Come Back to Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do)
  3:24
  4.4 ★
• 17
  Good Times
  2:05
  3.6 ★
• 18
  Since You’ve Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)
  2:22
  4.4 ★
• 19
  You’re All I Need to Get By
  3:34
  3.5 ★
• 20
  Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing
  3:47
• 21
  Do Right Woman - Do Right Man
  3:12
  5.0 ★
• 22
  Share Your Love With Me
  3:18
  4.0 ★
• 23
  Something He Can Feel
  6:14
  4.0 ★
• 24
  Ain’t No Way
  4:13
  5.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves

  Eurythmics & Aretha Franklin
  4:14
• 2
  I Knew You Were Waiting (for Me)

  Aretha Franklin & George Michael
  4:00
  4.0 ★
• 3
  Through the Storm

  Aretha Franklin & Elton John
  4:20
• 4
  Love All the Hurt Away

  feat. George Benson
  4:07
• 5
  Willing to Forgive
  4:08
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Let It Be
  3:28
  3.2 ★
• 7
  Never Let Me Go
  2:51
• 8
  Night Time Is the Right Time
  4:45
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Call Me
  3:52
  4.5 ★
• 10
  Drown in My Own Tears
  4:03
  5.0 ★
• 11
  People Get Ready
  3:41
  4.0 ★
• 12
  My Song
  3:29
• 13
  Dark End of the Street
  4:39
• 14
  Today I Sing the Blues
  4:21
• 15
  A Rose Is Still a Rose
  3:58
  2.0 ★
• 16
  Who’s Zoomin’ Who?
  4:41
  3.0 ★
• 17
  Freeway of Love
  4:10
• 18
  Day Dreaming
  3:56
  4.5 ★
• 19
  Bridge Over Troubled Water
  5:34

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This Girl’s in Love With You

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Lady Soul

Lady Soul 1968

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You 1967

Respect

Respect 2018

Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics

Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics 2014

Release credits

• Adrian Barber
  recording [6]
• Akua Dixon
  strings [15]
• Alex Olsson
  assistant [15]
• Almeda Lattimore
  background vocals [9]
• Andrew Love
  tenor saxophone [1.2, 1.12-13, 2.8, 2.12]
• Ann S. Clark
  background vocals [2.18, 1.12, 1.16]
• Aretha Franklin
  additional [2], arranger [10], choir vocals [11], lead vocals [2.2, 2.4, 2.7-8, 2.18, 1.2, 1.5, 1.11-14, 1.16, 1.20], piano [1.1-3, 1.5-9, 1.11-17, 1.21-22, 1.24, 2.6-14, 2.18-19], producer [10, 16, 20], vocal [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6-9, 1.15, 1.17-18, 1.21-22, 1.24, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.9-13, 2.19]
• Arif Mardin
  arranger [2.4, 2.7-8, 2.11, 2.14, 1.1-2, 1.4-5, 1.7-8, 1.13-14, 1.16, 1.18, 1.21, 1.24], background vocals [3], conductor [14], flute [3], horn [2.18, 1.3, 1.11, 1.18, 1.24], mix [1.3, 1.9, 1.11-12, 1.16, 1.19-20, 2.18], producer [2.4, 2.6, 2.9, 2.13, 2.18-19, 1.3, 1.6, 1.9, 1.11-12, 1.15-16, 1.19-20, 1.22], recording [1.17, 2.7, 2.10], strings [3, 9, 12, 19, 24], woodwind [12]
• Babyface
  drums (drum set) [5], keyboard [5], producer [5]
• Barney Perkins
  mix [5]
• Barry Beckett
  electric piano [15], keyboard [2.9, 2.13, 1.6, 1.22], organ [15]
• Benny Powell
  trombone [14]
• Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
  drums (drum set) [2.18, 1.3, 1.12, 1.16]
• Bernie Glow
  trumpet [2.11, 2.14, 1.4, 1.18, 1.24]
• Billy Preston
  organ [1.11, 2.19]
• Bob James
  keyboard [20]
• Bobby Womack
  guitar [1.18, 2.11]
• Brenda Bryant
  background vocals [1.9, 2.9]
• Buzz Feiten
  guitar [4]
• Carolyn Franklin
  background vocals [2.10, 2.18, 1.1, 1.3, 1.12, 1.21], choir vocals [1.4, 1.8, 1.18, 1.24, 2.11]
• Charles Chalmers
  horn [7], tenor saxophone [2.8, 2.10, 2.12, 1.1-2, 1.7, 1.13, 1.17]
• Charlie Freeman
  guitar [9]
• Chips Moman
  guitar [7]
• Chuck Kirkpatrick
  engineer [1.3, 1.9, 1.12, 2.13, 2.18], recording [3, 9]
• Chuck Rainey
  bass [1.3, 1.12, 1.16, 2.18], bass guitar [11], electric bass guitar [19]
• Cissy Houston
  background vocals [1.20-21, 1.24, 2.9-10, 2.19]
• Clarence Clemons
  saxophone [17], solo [17]
• Claytoven Richardson
  background vocals [2-3]
• Clive Davis
  executive [17]
• Commissioner Gordon
  mix [15], recording [15]
• Cornell Dupree
  guitar [2.18-19, 1.3, 1.11-12, 1.15]
• Corrado Rustici
  electric guitar [2], guitar [3, 16]
• Curtis Mayfield
  arranger [23], producer [23]
• Dana Jon Chappelle
  additional [2], assistant [3, 17]
• Daryl Simmons
  producer [5]
• Dave Stewart
  producer [1]
• David Foster
  electric piano [4], synthesizer [4]
• David Frazer
  mix [2-3], recording [2-3]
• David Hood
  bass [2.9, 2.13, 1.6, 1.22], electric bass guitar [15], trombone [7]
• David Spinozza
  guitar [20]
• David “Fathead” Newman
  woodwind [14]
• Don Arnone
  acoustic guitar [18]
• Donny Hathaway
  electric piano [2.18, 1.3, 1.16], keyboard [20], organ [3, 12]
• Dr. Dave Frazer
  engineer [16-17]
• Dr. John
  percussion [12]
• Duane Allman
  guitar [15]
• Eddie Daniels
  alto saxophone [4]
• Eddie Hinton
  guitar [2.9, 2.13, 1.6, 1.15]
• Ellie Greenwich
  choir vocals [8]
• Erma Franklin
  background vocals [1.1, 1.3, 1.12, 1.21, 2.10, 2.18], choir vocals [4, 8, 18]
• Ernie Royal
  trumpet [14]
• Everette Harp
  saxophone [5]
• Floyd Newman
  baritone saxophone [2.8, 2.12, 1.2, 1.13]
• Frank Wess
  alto saxophone [14], flute [24], tenor saxophone [2.11, 1.18, 1.24]
• Gene Chrisman
  drums (drum set) [4, 17]
• Gene Paul
  engineer [1.11, 1.19, 2.19], recording [11, 19]
• George Benson
  lead vocals [4]
• George Dorsey
  alto saxophone [14]
• George Michael
  lead vocals [2], producer [2]
• Gordon Lyon
  additional [2], assistant [2]
• Greg “Gigi” Gonaway
  percussion [2], tambourine [2]
• Haywood Henry
  baritone saxophone [11]
• Henry Haywood
  baritone saxophone [18, 24]
• Howard Albert
  engineer [2.18, 1.12]
• Hubert Laws
  alto flute [18]
• Hugh McCracken
  guitar [16]
• J.R. Bailey
  background vocals [11]
• Jack Jennings
  vibraphone [14]
• Jason Shablik
  assistant [5]
• Jeanie Tracy
  background vocals [16]
• Jeff Porcaro
  drums (drum set) [4]
• Jennifer Hall
  background vocals [2]
• Jeremy Smith
  recording [4]
• Jerome Gasper
  engineer [6], recording [6]
• Jerry Hey
  strings [2]
• Jerry Jemmott
  bass [2.12, 2.14, 1.5], bass guitar [2.8, 1.2, 1.13-14]
• Jerry Wexler
  producer [1.1-9, 1.11-22, 1.24, 2.6-14, 2.18-19]
• Jim Dickinson
  keyboard [9]
• Jim Gilstrap
  background vocals [2, 16]
• Jim Watts
  additional [2], assistant [2]
• Jim Zumpano
  engineer [5]
• Jimmy Cleveland
  trombone [14]
• Jimmy Johnson
  acoustic guitar [7], guitar [1.1-2, 1.6-8, 1.13, 1.15, 1.18, 1.21, 2.9, 2.11, 2.13-14]
• Joe Arnold
  tenor saxophone [7]
• Joe Farrell
  flute [16], solo [16], tenor saxophone [10]
• Joe Newman
  trumpet [2.11, 2.14, 1.4, 1.18, 1.24]
• Joe South
  guitar [2.11, 1.8]
• Judy Clay
  background vocals [20]
• Ken Bichel
  synthesizer [16]
• Ken Laxton
  trumpet [7]
• King Curtis
  tenor saxophone [2.10-11, 2.14, 2.19, 1.1, 1.17-18, 1.22, 1.24]
• Kitty Beethoven
  background vocals [2-3]
• Laundon Von Kendricks
  background vocals [16]
• Lauryn Hill
  arranger [15], background vocals [15], producer [15]
• Lennete Viegas
  additional [2], assistant [2]
• Lew Hahn
  engineer [9, 16], mix [4]
• Lincoln Clapp
  additional [3], lead vocals [3]
• Louis Johnson
  bass guitar [4]
• Marcy Levy
  background vocals [4]
• Margaret Branch
  background vocals [1.9, 1.12, 1.16, 2.18]
• Mark Stevens
  background vocals [4]
• Maureen Droney
  additional [2], assistant [17]
• Melisa Kary
  background vocals [3]
• Melvin Lastie
  cornet [2.10, 1.1, 1.17], trumpet [1.4, 1.18, 1.24, 2.11]
• Michael Brauer
  additional [16], mix [17]
• Mike Iacopelli
  additional [2-3], assistant [2-3]
• Myrna Matthews
  background vocals [2]
• Myrna Smith
  background vocals [20]
• Narada Michael Walden
  arranger [2-3, 17], drums (drum set) [2, 16], piano [16], producer [2-3, 16-17]
• Nathan East
  bass [5]
• Pat Lewis
  background vocals [9]
• Pat Smith
  background vocals [1.12, 1.16, 2.18]
• Paulinho da Costa
  percussion [4]
• Pepper Adams
  baritone saxophone [14]
• Phil Ramone
  engineer [20]
• Phil Schier
  mix [10], recording [10], remixer [10]
• Preston Glass
  background vocals [16], keyboard [16], percussion [2]
• Quincy Jones
  arranger [10], producer [10], remixer [10]
• Ralph MacDonald
  percussion [20]
• Randy Jackson
  background vocals [16], bass guitar [2], bass synthesizer [16]
• Ray Lucas
  drums (drum set) [1.11, 2.19]
• Ray Pyle
  assistant [17]
• Ren Klyce
  synthesizer [3]
• Richard Tee
  organ [16]
• Richard Tufo
  arranger [23], orchestrator [23]
• Richard Williams
  trumpet [14]
• Rick Hall
  recording [7, 21]
• Rick Marotta
  drums (drum set) [20]
• Robert Popwell
  percussion [12]
• Roger Anfinsen
  engineer [23], recording [23]
• Roger Hawkins
  drums (drum set) [1.1-2, 1.5-8, 1.13-15, 1.18, 1.21-22, 1.24, 2.7-14]
• Ron Albert
  engineer [1.3, 1.9, 1.12, 2.13, 2.18], recording [1.3, 1.9, 1.12, 2.18]
• Ronnie Bright
  background vocals [11]
• Sammy Creason
  drums (drum set) [9]
• Sammy Turner
  background vocals [11]
• Seldon Powell
  tenor saxophone [1.18, 1.24, 2.11, 2.14]
• Serban Ghenea
  mix [2]
• Skyler Jett
  background vocals [3]
• Snookie Young
  trumpet [14]
• Spooner Oldham
  electric piano [2.11, 1.8, 1.13, 1.18], organ [1.1-2, 1.14, 1.21, 2.11-12, 2.14], piano [4, 7], vibraphone [7]
• Stanley Clarke
  bass [20]
• Stuart Hirotsu
  additional [2], assistant [2]
• Sylvester
  background vocals [16]
• Sylvia Shemwell
  background vocals [20]
• The Sweet Inspirations
  background vocals [1.2, 1.5-6, 1.11, 1.13-14, 2.8, 2.19], choir vocals [1.4, 1.8, 1.18, 1.24, 2.11]
• The Sweethearts of Soul
  background vocals [1.3, 2.19]
• Thomas Mitchell
  trombone [14]
• Tom Dowd
  arranger [2.7-8, 2.10-11, 1.1-2, 1.4-5, 1.7-8, 1.13-14, 1.17-18, 1.21, 1.24], conductor [1.1, 1.7, 1.17, 1.21, 2.10], engineer [6], horn [9, 12], mix [1.6, 1.8, 2.6, 2.13, 2.19], producer [2.6, 2.9, 2.13-14, 2.18-19, 1.3, 1.6, 1.9, 1.11-12, 1.15, 1.19, 1.22], recording [1.1-2, 1.4-5, 1.8, 1.13-14, 1.17-18, 1.24, 2.7-8, 2.10-11, 2.14]
• Tommy Cogbill
  bass [7], bass guitar [2.10-11, 1.1, 1.4, 1.7-8, 1.17-18, 1.21, 1.24], guitar [1.2, 1.5, 1.13-14, 2.14]
• Tommy McClure
  bass [9]
• Tony Studd
  bass trombone [2.11, 1.18, 1.24]
• Truman Thomas
  organ [7]
• Urbie Green
  trombone [14]
• Vada Nobles
  programming [15]
• Vicki Randle
  background vocals [16]
• Walter Afanasieff
  bass [3], drums (drum set) [3], keyboard [3, 16], synthesizer [2, 2-3]
• Warren Riker
  recording [15]
• Warren Smith
  vibraphone [2.11, 1.24]
• Wayne Jackson
  trumpet [1.2, 1.12-13, 2.8, 2.12]
• William Eaton
  arranger [20]
• Willie Bridges
  baritone saxophone [2.8, 2.10, 2.12, 1.1-2, 1.13, 1.17]
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Issues

• 

  R
  Respect: The Very Best of Aretha Franklin

  2x CD
  3 June 2002
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  R
  Respect: The Very Best of Aretha Franklin

  2x CD
  2003